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On Windows, it is normal for applications to set themselves as the default for whatever files they open. The honest ones ask for user consent first. The dishone
by bdw5204 3y ago
On Windows, it is normal for applications to set themselves as the default for whatever files they open. The honest ones ask for user consent first. The dishonest ones just hijack file types.
I don't see anything anti-competitive about Windows coming with a Microsoft browser or Microsoft setting it as the default as long as we're able to download other browsers and go to the system settings to change the default. Pretty much the first thing everybody does after installing Windows is use Edge to install Chrome although that's probably not necessary these days since Edge is just a Chrome reskin that is integrated with the Microsoft ecosystem instead of the Google ecosystem.
- int_19h 3y agoIt was normal, like 10 years ago. But, precisely because some apps would do it silently, the corresponding APIs were removed. The problem here is that the new APIs - to open the UI to let user manage stuff - as well as that UI itself, keeps changing in various unhelpful ways.